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Twelve hours before the midnight showing of the newest Twilight movie, Jaime Silva took her place at the front of the line.

Her early arrival at R/C Wilkes-Barre Movies 14 ensured she would be the first patron to enter one of several theaters screening "Eclipse" Tuesday night. The theater sold more than 1,000 tickets to the premiere.

"I don't try, I do," she said. "I'll come before they open if I have to."

She and her husband Garret Silva, who scheduled his vacation from work around the premiere, took center seats behind the railing so they could put their feet up. Garret prefers Harry Potter movies, but Jaime is convinced that the fight scenes in "Eclipse" will sway him.

The main source of conflict in the movie is not a physical battle, but an emotional battle - the one for the heart of heroine Bella Swan. While many fans have taken sides in the conflict, backing either werewolf Jacob Black or vampire Edward Cullen, Silva said she remains as neutral as Switzerland.

"I can't choose," she said. "It's not right."

She started reading the books around the time the first movie came out on DVD, she said. The fantasy world created by author Stephanie Meyers drew her in quickly.

"Just something about it just grabbed me," she said. "It's the world you want to live in."

Toni Demitro of Mount Pocono arrived at 2:25 p.m. for the 12:01 a.m. showing at Cinemark in Moosic, accompanied by boyfriend John Donohue and friends Melissa Olszewski, Theresa Cole and Tim Donohue. Cole said Demitro is responsible for getting the rest of the group interested in the series.

"Toni created the cult," she said.

Demitro said the books kept her company when her boyfriend would work overnight and she had trouble sleeping. She would read through the night and then drive to Walmart in the morning to pick up the next installment.

"I literally did not stop," she said.

The group occupied themselves by playing games, including the Twilight board game. Their goal was to secure seats somewhere in the middle of the theater, near the top, but not all the way.

Further down the line, Alexis Haines of Kingston proudly displayed her official "Eclipse" premiere T-shirt, which she purchased at the theater.

"Now I fit in," she said.

She and neighbor Katie Coslett said they are staunch members of Team Jacob. They like him because he's cute and muscular and because he's werewolf, she said.

Mary Luchansky, Amanda O'Boyle and Audra Delprete, all Team Edward, waited in another line for the Twilight Trilogy showing, which allowed fans to watch all three movies in the series back to back for $26.

O'Boyle made her own shirt, which displayed the words fire and ice, taken from a quote at the beginning of "New Moon." Delprete eyed a vendor, who approached the line selling an "Eclipse" T-shirt for $19 and canvas tote bag for $15.

"I'm getting the tote," she said.

O'Boyle, who introduced her friends to the series after the release of the fourth book, Breaking Dawn, said she was particularly looking forward to seeing "Eclipse."

"This was my favorite book, so I'm just excited for the movie in general," she said.

Contact the writer: cbaress@citizensvoice.com

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